Winning starts with what you know
The new version 18 offers completely new possibilities for chess training and analysis: playing style analysis, search for strategic themes, access to 6 billion Lichess games, player preparation by matching Lichess games, download Chess.com games with built-in API, built-in cloud engine and much more.
Getting started with any new software, especially one as powerful and rich in content as ChessBase can be a daunting affair. The very idea of opening a manual, reading a help file, is anathema to many players, and as a result they try to pick it up by just clicking and poking around leading to an unsatisfying affair with it. However there is no need for this. The truth is that even experienced, knowledgeable users will spend 90% of their time on a core set of tools and functions, which don't require a PhD in ChessBase Science.
In the following video tutorial you will be shown around these functions and how to use them in a workflow, while teaching how to even customize the workspace such as resizing windows or moving them around. Don't be left scratching your head and wondering, 'Now what?'
00:00 Intro
00:41 Creating a database
01:54 Entering a game (Entering and deleting moves/variations)
05:18 Colored squares and arrows
06:59 Saving a game
08:40 Using an engine
10:18 Moving windows/panes around
12:42 Importing game played on LiChess
14:05 Full automatic computer analysis of game
15:21 Opening stats with Online ChessBase database
17:24 Search database (on computer)
19:12 Search online database
20:13 Conclusion